Terms of Endearment

Name: Terms of Endearment
Duration: 2 h 12 min

2hr 12m

2hr 12m
3.8/5 (12.2K)
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Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a… More Details »

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Director:

James L. Brooks

Writer:

Larry McMurtry

Release Date:

Dec 9, 1983

Runtime:

2hr 12m

Synopsis

Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.

Cast

Shirley MacLaine
Debra Winger
Jack Nicholson
Danny DeVito
Jeff Daniels
John Lithgow
Lisa Hart Carroll
Betty King
Huckleberry Fox
Troy Bishop

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.8

RATINGS 606 FANS

3.8

Jun 19, 2020

I really relate to shirley maclaine looking jack nicholson in the eyes and saying “there’s something wrong with you.”

952 Likes

eely

Feb 7, 2017

that little boy had me in tears

776 Likes

heavenallows

I love: -Shirley MacLaine -crying

548 Likes

mary🦋
Jan 27, 2022

I’m working my way through the last couple Best Picture Oscar winners I’ve never seen, and for the most part the assignment has been the opposite of saving the best for last. Terms of Endearment is a welcome exception; this is a beautiful, funny, heartbreaking movie. It’s…

430 Likes

Matt Singer

Dec 8, 2021

Relationships peak into love and valley into selfishness. Mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and lovers, they cycle in and out of each other's trajectories, waltzing through circumstance, their bonds never stronger than when each party values who the other…

350 Likes

anna nomaly

Mar 21, 2022

how are you gonna let a dude named flap cheat on you

346 Likes

🌻 lindsay 🌻
Aug 22, 2020

I find it very weird whenever Jack Nicholson isn’t going completely insane.

339 Likes

Groovy Movies

Nov 1, 2020

To be honest, it’s a bummer that this is the only movie where Jack Nicholson plays a horny astronaut.

309 Likes

DaOConnman

Dec 5, 2020

I really just want to make a movie like this

276 Likes

Jordan Horowitz

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Jacob Hall disliked

Terms of Endearment

Cheating is an unforgivable wrong. This movie treats it like it's a silly mistake. Cheating just because you know you're partner is cheating doesn't make you any better of a person than them. Only characters I feel sorry for are the kids and Danny DeVito.

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kalina is "meh" on

Terms of Endearment

i thought this was boring 😔

🔥 1 3Y

LivinginaHC liked

Terms of Endearment

It was very powerful and very emotional, although Emma's double standards were a bit off-putting? I wish she had come clean about HER affair, too. I also wish Emma and Aurora had a proper conversation before she passed. A real, proper heart-to-heart.

2Y
Meg loved

Terms of Endearment

Best Picture Oscar winner 1984 (56th Academy Awards) My Rating: 10/10 Nominated for 11 Oscar’s and won 5. One of my favorite films of all time. EVERY actor in this is great. It’s a perfect movie.

4Y

Kward0610 loved

Terms of Endearment

A beautiful and emotional film about a mother and daughter relationship. Great performances and a great script. I teared up watching this and truly think this deserved best picture of 1983.

2Y

Vdalahy liked

Terms of Endearment

A good movie and has a good story to it, Jack played a really good supporting character and I wished he was more involved but I feel like the movie needed more details added overall 5.7/10

9M
Parker Gamet loved

Terms of Endearment

This one PULLLED on my heartstrings, but it kept me wanting more because I loved every single character! This was smartly scripted and acted, and Shirley MacLaine was perfect.

2Y

Michael liked

Terms of Endearment

Very beautiful and heartbreaking film that expertly balances comedy and drama. The characters in this film all feel like real people, in the real and unforgiving world. 8/10

3Y

Shelhu971 liked

Terms of Endearment

One of my all time favorites! Even though it makes me sob I could watch it over and over and over for it’s humor!

4Y

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Metacritic

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Based on 11 Critics

7.5

USER SCORE (60)

Generally favorable reviews based on 60 Reviews

The dual-track plot, with constant cutting between mother and daughter, seems less an attempt to establish meaningful parallels between the two stories than the nervous twitches of a compulsive channel changer.

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

100

This is a wonderful film. There isn't a thing that I would change.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

There's not enough substance to support the sentiment of this longish comedy-drama.

David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Terms of Endearment (1983) family-friendly?

The movie has been rated as PG (Parental Guidance Suggested). It's generally considered a family-friendly movie.

How long is Terms of Endearment (1983)?

The movie is 2hr 12min long.

What's Terms of Endearment (1983) about?